Ch 10 WS 3

American History

1. By calling this time period in American the “Gilded Age,” what was Twain and Warner saying about it?

2. What was the idea of individualism? How was it reflected in Horatio Alger books?

3. According to Herbert Spencer, what is the main reason society has progressed and become better over time? What did this idea come to be known as?

4. What would people that believed the ideas in the above question feel about gov’t intervention in the economy? Why?

5. What did Carnegie believe all wealthy Americans should do?

6. What does it mean that art and literature began to take a “realistic” approach during this time?

7. What enabled more Americans to seek out more entertainment as opposed to earlier times?